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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 20, 2003 FBO #0662
SOLICITATION NOTICE

75 -- Army Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for Office Products

Notice Date

9/18/2003
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

Contracting Office

ACA, South Region Contracting Center, 1301 Anderson Way SW, Fort McPherson, GA 30330-1096
 

ZIP Code

30330-1096
 

Solicitation Number

DABK01-03-T-0000
 

Response Due

10/1/2003
 

Archive Date

11/30/2003
 

Point of Contact

Charlene G. Jeong, 404-464-2517
 

E-Mail Address

Email your questions to ACA, South Region Contracting Center
(jeongcg@forscom.army.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

NA On 1 October 2002, the Army mandated the use of a group of Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA) for the purchase of office products. The primary goals of this BPA initiative were to ensure that office product purchases were in compliance with the statutory p references afforded to products manufactured under the Javits-Wagner-O??????Day (JWOD) Act and to capture economies of scale. The purpose of this Pre-Solicitation notice is to announce the new procurement of Army BPAs for office products and request feedb ack from those vendors and consortiums expressing interest. Army Contracting Agency, Southern Region Contracting Center intends to procure office products through the issuance of Blanket Purchase Agreements under GSA Federal Supply Schedules. RFQ availability date is estimated 3 October 2003 via through GSA E-Buy. The GSA E-Buy web address is http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/content/offerings_content.jsp?contentOID=116555&contentType=1004&P=1&S=1. Interested vendors shall submit their quotes via electronic means in GSA E-Buy. No hard copy quotes will be accepted. Quot es from responsible offerors will be considered. RFQ proposal submission date is estimated 3 December 2003. No hard copy request for quotes (RFQ) will be made available. An Industry Day Conference is anticipated for October 2003. The Homepage Address f or all Army BPAs status/updates is: www.forscom.army.mil/aacc. All CONUS Army users are now required to purchase office products through the BPAs. However, Army installations with an onsite self-service supply store may use this source to obtain JWOD of fice products. To the maximum extent practicable, BPA purchases must be made through the DoD E-Mall at https://emall.prod.dodonline.net/scripts/emLogon.asp. Army customers place orders using the Government-wide Purchase Card Vendors will be requested to submit quotes for office products that meet the criteria stated in the RFQ. The vendor will be required to provide the following information in their RFQs: pricing information; capability and capacity data; past performance; a willingness to accept minimum order qty of $25.00, possess a GSA contract, show certification as an authorized JWOD distributor, demonstrate E-Commerce capability by ability to transmit Level 3 data. Level 3 data is an electronic posting to the cardholde r's billing statement simultaneously when the items are scanned and charged to the customer??????s credit card. It includes unit cost, quantities, unit of measure, product codes, product descriptions, ship to/from zip codes, freight amount, duty amount, o rder date, discount amount, and order number and other data elements as defined by the card associations or similar entity. In order to avoid confusing Government cardholders, the BPA customers, the Army requires an order to be charged in total regardless of whether partial shipments are made. In order to maximize SB, we are seeking qualified small businesses, including consortiums and teams. The Army expects that vendors will offer additional pricing discounts beyond their GSA FSS pricing, demonstrate a willingness to provide shipment within 24 hrs. with 2-day delivery, and develop and offer a Customer Management Program. One of the major goals of the Army Office Products BPAs is to leverage the Army??????s buying power based on economies of scale. The Army intends to award sufficient BPAs to ensure adequate participation by Small Business, adequate delivery coverage consi stent with the concept of Army-wide BPAs, achieve best value for BPA customer by considering additional discounts beyond GSA FSS pricing, compliance with the JWOD program and offer customer incentives such as the Customer Management Program . Award of the BPAs will be based by determining the ??????Best Value?????? offerors, price and other factors considered. Quote evaluations will be based on factors to be considered, in order of importance, Business Size, Pricing/Incentives/Customer Managem ent Pr ograms, Past Performance and capability. Vendors expressing interest are requested to respond via electronic mail to the attention of Charlene Jeong at jeongcg@forscom.army.mil. No hard copy responses will be accepted. Incoming responses shall contain ??????BPA Response?????? in SUBJECT line of e-mail. Responses are due by 1 October 2003.
 

Place of Performance

Address: ACA, South Region Contracting Center 1301 Anderson Way SW Fort McPherson GA

Zip Code: 30330-1096

Country: US
 

Record

SN00437540-W 20030920/030918213248 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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